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There? all right. president trump is trying to get republicans across the finish line on this. take for example this tweet. i just finished a great meeting with the republican senators concerning health care. they really want to get it right referring to the affordable care act. several called it positive, constructive and not tense. they aired their concerns about different parts of the bill. jeff has more on that from the white house. reporter: it s back to the drawing board in some respect for republican senators on the health care bill. president trump on tuesday summoned all republican senators to get them all in one room, the east room of the white house to hear their concerns. i m told by senators it was a venting session, a listening session, but president trump made clear not passing anything is not an option. we re getting close but for ....
On that and saying, look, we ka cannot have these big slashes to medicaid, we cannot sort of sustain these types of numbers here of uninsured. so it was it went like that for about an hour and 15 minutes or so, and john mccain i m also told, he raised some deep concerns about the secretive nature of this whole process here, so it was a venting session. he was designed to unite republicans. that s a work in progress to see if that will ultimately happen. do you know i mean, did senators in feel like progress was made? after speaking with the president? reporter: i mean, they don t know at this point quite frankly because they really have different viewpoints and this is just the republicans we re talking about. something important to point out here. they are looking to the president for some leadership here, particularly the more moderates. you know, who, again, he wants this bill to be more popular, have more heart, spend more money on it. of course, that causes problems ....
Them all in one room, the east room of the white house to hear their concerns. i m told by senators it was somewhat of a venting session, a listening session, but president trump made clear that not passing anything is simply not an option. we re getting very close, but for the country, we have to have health care and it can t be obamacare which is melting down. the other side is saying all sorts of things before they knew what the bill was. this will be great if we get it done and if we don t get it done it s just going to be something that we re not going to like and that s okay and i understand that very well. i talked to one republican in the room who said, i think we ll get there, but who will vote for it, how we ll do it, i m not sure right now. but don t forget even if it passes the senate it has to be reconciled with the house version of the bill. now we are talking perhaps late july before this top republican priority may get through. ....
Meeting? reporter: the president summoned all 52 republican senators over here after it became obvious this was not going anywhere. so he brought them all into one room. this was important, republicans believe, because there s so many different factions inside these senate republicans. there are some conservatives, a few moderates. but all had different sets of disagreements here. but the president sat them down, and it was more of a venting session, i m told, a listening session, i m told. but this is what he said at the beginning. we re getting very close. but for the country, we have to have health care. and it can t be obamacare, which is melting down. the other side is saying all sorts of things before they knew what the bill was. this will be great, if we get it done. and if we don t get it done, it s going to be something that we re not going to like, and that s okay, and i understand that very well. reporter: so interesting right there, he said if we don t get this done, ....
The president s negotiating strategy has been coming under fire and republicans now head home for the recess to face voters, any of whom may become one of the 22 million fewer americans with coverage in this bill becomes law. that figure according to cbo, which republicans push back on. there is controversy over attack ads by conservatives slamming other republicans. in short, a lot of moving parts that are still moving. jeff zeleny at the white house where a busload of senators sat down with the president late today. the president summoned the republican senators, all 52 of them, over to the white house after it became obvious this was not going anywhere this week. so he brought them all into one room, and this was important, republicans believe, because there s so many different factions inside some senate republicans. there are some conservatives, a few moderates but different sets of disagreements. more of a venting session, a listening session. this is what he said at the ....